US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in a telephone conversation with Polish Deputy Prime Minister Marius Blachchk, confirmed Washington’s determination to defend Poland and NATO.
On his account on Twitter, Austin wrote: “I spoke today with the Polish Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Marius Blachchk on today’s report on a missile attack in Poland, and assured him of the United States’s determination to defend Poland and NATO.
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According to this statement, the United States and Poland defense ministers agreed to closely coordinate with the Allies in NATO regarding the subsequent steps.
Polish media had reported on the evening of November 15 that two missiles landed in the city of Brazyudov, Liopulliana Province, eastern Poland, killing two people, while other statements by the authorities had references to one missile.
The Polish Foreign Ministry said the missile is Russian, while Polish President André Doda indicated that Warsaw had no accurate information for those who return.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that there were no strikes on targets near the Ukrainian -Polish border on that day, and that the pictures published for some debris have nothing to do escalation.
In addition, military expert Alexei Lyonkov stated that Russian winged missiles cannot reach Poland, but the Ukrainian S -300 missiles that were launched in an unusual way can fly there: There were already examples of such, including injury Ukrainian anti -aircraft missiles for Ukrainian residential buildings.
The Pentagon has stated that in the case of the alleged missiles in Poland, they do not intend to rely on speculation, but rather the facts that exist is sufficient to clarify.
In this context, the US Defense Department spokesman, Patrick Ryder, stated that the Pentagon will not talk about the application of Article 5 of the NATO Charter, until the facts are received.
This article states the following: The contracting parties agree that any armed attack on one or more of them in Europe or North America will be considered an attack on all of them.
Source: Novosti.
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